Love Axel: He “knows” my daughter. Srsly, trying to get her into rehab now. Wasn’t bi-polar, heroin addiction. I’ll take this up with the Ace Moronettes later. Shame on them for accusing me of being a “judgmental” mom.

Of all of her great songs, this one reminds me of how white I am and what it meant to grow up white….I mean European-American. RIP Patti…her songs and lovely voice are etched into my soul like white chalk on a black chalkboard…

If you’ve never made bread, just be careful with the water temperature that you use. Too hot and you’ll kill the yeast. The water that comes out of my kitchen faucet doesn’t get very hot anyway, but I just run it until it feels pretty warm. More than body temperature, but definitely not hot. If you’re not a good judge of this kind of stuff, use a thermometer and go to about 100 degrees F, of course.

Completely OT late breaking Merry Christmas news .
My grandson just got back from Hawaii , and he left before I gave him his present , and of course there were some extras he wanted . He texted me that he wanted some x box points , could he use my paypal account to buy some ?
So, I thought about it , and instead of letting him use my account ,we set up his first ever paypal account , so now I can just send him some money ,and it is his own to do what he wants . I also reminded him that since he now has his own account , anyone can send him money . He is such a happy camper and I feel like such a happy techie grandmother .